ECC 10:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) A foolish person’s work wears him out,
⇔ because he doesn’t know how to get to a city.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Μόχθος τῶν ἀφρόνων κακώσει αὐτοὺς, ὃς οὐκ ἔγνω τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς πόλιν.
(Moⱪthos tōn afronōn kakōsei autous, hos ouk egnō tou poreuthaʸnai eis polin. )

BrTr The labour of fools will afflict them, as that of one who knows not to go to the city.

ULT The toil of foolish people will weary him
⇔ so that he does not know how to go to a city.

UST Foolish people become very exhausted by the work that they do,
⇔ with the result that they are even unable to find the road to their town.

BSB The toil of a fool wearies him,
⇔ for he does not know the way to the city.

OEB The fuss of fools must weary the man
⇔ Who does not know his way to the town.

WEBBE The labour of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn’t know how to go to the city.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The toil of a stupid fool wears him out,
⇔ because he does not even know the way to the city.

LSV The labor of the foolish wearies him,
In that he has not known to go to the city.

FBV Work makes fools so worn out they can't achieve anything.[fn]

10:15 “They can't achieve anything”: literally, “can't find their way to town,” a colloquial expression meaning that people become confused so they are not successful.

T4T ⇔ Foolish people become so exhausted by the work that they do
⇔ that they are unable to find the road to their town/homes.

LEB • The fool is so worn out by a hard day’s work he cannot even find his way home at night .[fn]

10:? Or “for he knows not to go to a city”

BBE The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

ASV The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

DRA The labour of fools shall afflict them that know not bow to go to the city.

YLT The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.

Drby The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.

RV The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.
(The labour of fools wearieth/wearies every one of them, for he knoweth/knows not how to go to the city. )

SLT The labor of the foolish will weary them, because he knew not to go to the city.

Wbstr The labor of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

KJB-1769 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
(The labour of the foolish wearieth/wearies every one of them, because he knoweth/knows not how to go to the city. )

KJB-1611 The labour of the foolish wearyeth euery one of them; because hee knoweth not how to goe to the citie.
(The labour of the foolish wearyeth every one of them; because he knoweth/knows not how to go to the city.)

Bshps The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie.
(The labour of the foolish is grievous unto them, while they know not how to go into the city.)

Gnva The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.
(The labour of the foolish doth/does weary him: for he knoweth/knows not to go into the city. )

Cvdl The laboure of ye foolish is greuous vnto the, while they knowe not how to go in to the cite.
(The labour of ye/you_all foolish is greuous unto them, while they know not how to go in to the city.)

Wycl The trauel of foolis shal turment hem, that kunnen not go in to the citee.
(The travel of fools shall torment them, that kunnen not go in to the city.)

Luth Die Arbeit der Narren wird ihnen sauer, weil man nicht weiß, in die Stadt zu gehen.
(The work/job the/of_the fool(n) becomes to_them sauer, because man not know, in the city to/for go.)

ClVg Labor stultorum affliget eos, qui nesciunt in urbem pergere.]
(Labor of_fools affliget them, who nesciunt in/into/on city pergere.] )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) wearies them

(Some words not found in UHB: toil_of the,fool wearies,him which/who not knowing to=go to/towards (a)_city )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Fools become weary by their toil” or “Fools feel tired by the work that they do”

(Occurrence 0) so that they do not even know the road to town

(Some words not found in UHB: toil_of the,fool wearies,him which/who not knowing to=go to/towards (a)_city )

This could mean: (1) “so much that he is unable to find the road to town.” That the foolish person becomes so tired from working too hard that he is unable to find his way anywhere, or (2) “because he does not even know the way to town.” That the foolish person becomes tired from working too hard because he does not know enough to go home.

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